11 Bible Verses about Blood, Figurative Use

For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.

But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.

The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom. And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle. For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

For they made the blood of saints and prophets come out like a stream, and blood have you given them for drink; which is their right reward.

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.